Wal-Mart Gives Teen's Anti-Bush Poster To Police

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Wal-Mart Gives Teen's Anti-Bush Poster To Police
Secret Service Comes Calling On Student
Civics Student - Or An Enemy Of America?

Matthew Rothschild / The Progressive | October 8 2005

After a Wal-Mart employee turned in a high school student's anti-Bush poster to the police, the Secret Service came calling.

Selina Jarvis is the chair of the social studies department at Currituck County High School in North Carolina, and she is not used to having the Secret Service question her or one of her students.

But that's what happened on September 20.

Jarvis had assigned her senior civics and economics class "to take photographs to illustrate their rights in the Bill of Rights," she says. One student "had taken a photo of George Bush out of a magazine and tacked the picture to a wall with a red thumb tack through his head. Then he made a thumb's-down sign with his own hand next to the President's picture, and he had a photo taken of that, and he pasted it on a poster."

According to Jarvis, the student, who remains anonymous, was just doing his assignment, illustrating the right to dissent. But over at the Kitty Hawk Wal-Mart, where the student took his film to be developed, this right is evidently suspect.

An employee in that Wal-Mart photo department called the Kitty Hawk police on the student. And the Kitty Hawk police turned the matter over to the Secret Service. On Tuesday, September 20, the Secret Service came to Currituck High.

"At 1:35, the student came to me and told me that the Secret Service had taken his poster," Jarvis says. "I didn't believe him at first. But they had come into my room when I wasn't there and had taken his poster, which was in a stack with all the others."

She says the student was upset. "He was nervous, he was scared, and his parents were out of town on business," says Jarvis. She, too, had to talk to the Secret Service.

"Halfway through my afternoon class, the assistant principal got me out of class and took me to the office conference room," she says. "Two men from the Secret Service were there. They asked me what I knew about the student. I told them he was a great kid, that he was in the homecoming court, and that he'd never been in any trouble."

Then they got down to his poster.

"They asked me, didn't I think that it was suspicious," she recalls. "I said no, it was a Bill of Rights project!"

At the end of the meeting, they told her the incident "would be interpreted by the U.S. attorney, who would decide whether the student could be indicted," she says.

The student was not indicted, and the Secret Service did not pursue the case further.

"I blame Wal-Mart more than anybody," she says. "I was really disgusted with them. But everyone was using poor judgment, from Wal-Mart up to the Secret Service."

When contacted, an employee in the photo department at the Wal-Mart in Kitty Hawk said, "You have to call either the home office or the authorities to get any information about that."

Jacquie Young, a spokesperson for Wal-Mart at company headquarters, did not provide comment within a 24-hour period.

Sharon Davenport of the Kitty Hawk Police Department said, "We just handed it over" to the Secret Service. "No investigative report was filed." Jonathan Scherry, spokesman for the Secret Service in Washington, D.C., said, "We certainly respect artistic freedom, but we also have the responsibility to look into incidents when necessary. In this case, it was brought to our attention from a private citizen, a photo lab employee."

Jarvis uses one word to describe the whole incident: "ridiculous."

Matthew Rothschild is the editor of The Progressive.

one of hitlers main objectives was to get the public to police the population, this is what is happening.
people using cell phones to inform on their friends and relatives, stores informing on their customers.
wal-mart should be boycotted, and not patronized, and the employee should be fired.

Freedoms on Da march..

Howdy pisshead,

This incident would not have happened,if the most likely liberal and anti-Bush teacher,had made it clear to the students,what was acceptable and not acceptable..that teachers see nothing wrong with making posters that appear to call for the murder of President Bush..is the problem here. What the student did,is dis-honorable dissent. The teacher should have made clear..the difference between the 2,before giving the children the assignment.

Now don't git me wrong- I don't like the idea of folks snitching on each other,for the goverment's benefit..and I don't condone such a poster for Hitlery or Bill ..no matter how tempting it may be !

Have a good one ...

How about this, you post a credible link to this story, other than some Backwoods Webpage no1 ever reads but Lefty's and tinfoil hat wearers. until then I wont believe this, at all. Ive done my own searching and I cant find one single credible source, just this same story copied word for word on other lefty sites.

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Originally Posted by Torog

Howdy pisshead,

This incident would not have happened,if the most likely liberal and anti-Bush teacher,had made it clear to the students,what was acceptable and not acceptable..that teachers see nothing wrong with making posters that appear to call for the murder of President Bush..is the problem here. What the student did,is dis-honorable dissent. The teacher should have made clear..the difference between the 2,before giving the children the assignment.

Now don't git me wrong- I don't like the idea of folks snitching on each other,for the goverment's benefit..and I don't condone such a poster for Hitlery or Bill ..no matter how tempting it may be !

Have a good one ...

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Free speach only if you like the speach, huh?

How does a poster of Bush with thumbs down indicate that anybody wants to murder that bastard? If this is true, it's outrageous. What' even more outrageous is that stupid Wal-Mart calls the government on a kid with a poster! I always knew Wal-Mart was evil, but this is crazy!

Free Speech 4 Torog, That prez of ur is a lying sack of shit, shit I say, worthless shit on the bottom of my shoes. He's a big fat shit stain on the backside of The U.S.A. Bush & China-mart have a shit spewing contest 2 see who can spew more shit at the american people. He has a shit stain the size of Iraq. How loyal will u be will they start passing out micro-chips 4 ur safety, You be like, please!! give me one Lord BushShitter. Keep on licking the shitter hands...

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Originally Posted by Torog

Howdy pisshead,

This incident would not have happened,if the most likely liberal and anti-Bush teacher,had made it clear to the students,what was acceptable and not acceptable..that teachers see nothing wrong with making posters that appear to call for the murder of President Bush..is the problem here. What the student did,is dis-honorable dissent. The teacher should have made clear..the difference between the 2,before giving the children the assignment.

Now don't git me wrong- I don't like the idea of folks snitching on each other,for the goverment's benefit..and I don't condone such a poster for Hitlery or Bill ..no matter how tempting it may be !

Have a good one ...

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hey turog,
guess you thought you could just slip this ignorant post in, too many in in the choir for that.
every intelligent person, let alone a teacher should be against the morons policies, he brings down the office he stole.


ONLY YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR FREEDOM, IT IS A GIFT FROM GOD.

either you are with the moron or the terrorist, is one of the most ignorant statements ever made by man.

once again your myopic vision obscures any reason.

Well, I guess you can kiss that rite good bye.

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Originally Posted by hempity

hey turog,
guess you thought you could just slip this ignorant post in, too many in in the choir for that.
every intelligent person, let alone a teacher should be against the morons policies, he brings down the office he stole.


ONLY YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR FREEDOM, IT IS A GIFT FROM GOD.

either you are with the moron or the terrorist, is one of the most ignorant statements ever made by man.

once again your myopic vision obscures any reason.

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Howdy hempity,

What I stand for,is freedom for all..not just for those who already have it.

If that's being 'myopic'..then so be it..why should the Free World,tolerate brutal and oppressive regimes,any longer ?

The policy of eliminating terrorism and oppression,should be the goal of every free country..America and it's allies,have the power to eliminate such..and now is as good a time as any,especially after being attacked on 9/11/01. The policies of appeasement,which you seem to aspire to,have failed..it's time to take the fight to the enemy..and not cower behind our borders.

Have a good one ....

I've got Torog on ignore!:D

Censorship is great until the censored get quoted by the uncensored.:p

I'm glad to hear, though, that he would agree with my censoring someone who posts what I feel is unpatriotic, inappropriate, and highly offensive material.;)

But please don't quote Tholiak!:p

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I've got Torog on ignore!:D

Censorship is great until the censored get quoted by the uncensored.:p

I'm glad to hear, though, that he would agree with my censoring someone who posts what I feel is unpatriotic, inappropriate, and highly offensive material.;)

But please don't quote Tholiak!:p

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Howdy SJ,

Why put anyone on ignore or censor ?

A real man,faces both the good and the bad..and owns up to his mistakes..and apologizes if need be.

Have a good one ...

Goddamned hypocrite!:p


I have no idea what he just said, and I LOVE IT!:)

Well wanting freedom for the whole world is great, everyone should be free and I hope, as I'm sure we all do, that will happen one day. BUT the problem is that the government is LYING. THEY set up the attacks and the REAL reason for the war is to OVERTHROW America (and eventually all governments) and replace it with a dictatorship led by, and this is gonna sound nuts, I know, the Illminati.

We need to get rid of the corrupt in our government, put all the liars where they belong, in prison. Until then, we cannot trust what they say or do, it has nothing but bad intentions and will have nothing but bad results, no matter WHAT they say.

Men have always fought for land, money, power and resources. That's what they're doing now, just as men have done all throughout history and will continue to do.

They're not comming out with their true intentions, they couldn't do that, their plans would be decimated. They have to go about it slowly, carefully, methodically. They have to infest all the highest positions of power and influence things to bring about the eventual success of their plans. They have to create situations, create problems and lie to be able to carry their plans to fruition. This is reality and it needs to be dealt with.

exactly...

for every action they take, we get the cover story...the war in iraq is about getting iraq in line with the world government and under imf/world bank control...not about liberating or spreading freedom...

troops on the streets in this country won't be to keep us safe from terrorists or some outbreak (whether a real or manufactured release), it will be for permanent martial law...once we go under that, that's it...America is dead...

it's disturbing and sad to see people cheering this on and calling for it...

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Originally Posted by Odd Ball

Well wanting freedom for the whole world is great, everyone should be free and I hope, as I'm sure we all do, that will happen one day. BUT the problem is that the government is LYING. THEY set up the attacks and the REAL reason for the war is to OVERTHROW America (and eventually all governments) and replace it with a dictatorship led by, and this is gonna sound nuts, I know, the Illminati.

We need to get rid of the corrupt in our government, put all the liars where they belong, in prison. Until then, we cannot trust what they say or do, it has nothing but bad intentions and will have nothing but bad results, no matter WHAT they say.

Men have always fought for land, money, power and resources. That's what they're doing now, just as men have done all throughout history and will continue to do.

They're not comming out with their true intentions, they couldn't do that, their plans would be decimated. They have to go about it slowly, carefully, methodically. They have to infest all the highest positions of power and influence things to bring about the eventual success of their plans. They have to create situations, create problems and lie to be able to carry their plans to fruition. This is reality and it needs to be dealt with.

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Howdy Odd Ball,

I fear that you are right...in which case,I will fight against the one world goverment and I will refuse the mark of the beast..it appears that we are heading down the path to fulfill the Book of Revelations..especially if the chinese and soviets,enter the fray in the middle-east.

The big question is,will the chinese refuse to be a part of the one world goverment..the chinese will not surrender their identity and culture easily,they have insidious plans for world control themselves..the russians ain't gonna like going along with white european plans for world domination either,as it's a long held and cherished goal of the soviet commie hard-liners,to achieve world domination.

There is some hope--great hope..God will triumph over the evil-doers.

Have a good one ....

Arg! When I tried to submit my reply it said the server was too busy..ok..lemme see if I can remember what I typed...*sigh*

I think there's Illumnists in other countries working with the ones here but I'm sure there will be some competition (I wonder how far down the road that is, if it gets that far).

I can certainly see the parellels between Revelations and whats going on. There are many similarities between Bush and the antichrist (oh I know you skeptics will have a field day with that one, lol). There was a site that made a lot of really convincing comparisons but I can't find it anymore. I do also believe however, that eventually good will triumph.

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Howdy Odd Ball,

I fear that you are right...in which case,I will fight against the one world goverment and I will refuse the mark of the beast..it appears that we are heading down the path to fulfill the Book of Revelations..especially if the chinese and soviets,enter the fray in the middle-east.

The big question is,will the chinese refuse to be a part of the one world goverment..the chinese will not surrender their identity and culture easily,they have insidious plans for world control themselves..the russians ain't gonna like going along with white european plans for world domination either,as it's a long held and cherished goal of the soviet commie hard-liners,to achieve world domination.

There is some hope--great hope..God will triumph over the evil-doers.
good one ....

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The Soviets? Where have you been for the last 15 years? Perhaps you should contact SSI, you may have a monthly check coming your way.

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The Soviets? Where have you been for the last 15 years? Perhaps you should contact SSI, you may have a monthly check coming your way.

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Howdy andrue,

The soviets continue to build advanced nuclear weaponery and huge, underground NBC shelters,capable of housing 100k folks..I'd say that they are still up to no good.

Have a good one ...

you just described the US as well, torog...but this is where doublethink kicks in i guess...